Corset-lock.



J. SCHOENBR.

CORSET LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9. 1914.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT enrich.

JOSEPH SCHOENER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET-LOCK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Sorronnnn, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Corset-Lock, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to means for looking a corset.

The object thereof is to provide a simple, efficient, strong, positive and inexpensive device whereby a corset can be easily and quickly locked, which device will not accidentally unlock itself, and which will render the corset less cumbersome, as the num-.

ber of securing means can be greatly reduced, which means, furthermore, when locked will stay in locked position and when unlocked will remain so.

I attain the above object by providing a corset lock in which one of the corset steels has a plurality of spaced projections and the other, a plurality of lateral extensions similarly spaced, each of said extensions being adapted to engage the corresponding projection and maintain it in engagement by suitable means provided in each of the extensions and operable at the will of the wearer.

The invention consists of the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and fully set forth in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specition, in which like characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the front of a corset provided with locking means embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the device, the corset steels being shown uncovered and secured to each other; Fig. 3 is a similar view, partly in section, showing the detail of construc- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914..

Application filed January 9, 1914. Serial No. 811,207.

is provided with a plurality of lateral extensions 9 suitably spaced from each other and each having the shape of an elongated U, the extremities of which are secured to said steel 7 by means of rivets 10, or any other convenient means, whereby the width between the sides 11 and 12 is equal to the thickness of the corset steel 7. Mounted to slide between the sides 11 and 12 of each of the extensions 9 is a member 13, the slid-.

ing movement of which in said extension is controlled by a pin 11 which projects through a slot 15 provided in the side 11 of the extension. Said pin 14 is provided with a head above the side 11. to facilitate the movement of said sliding member 13 within said extension 9. The sides 11 and 12 of each extension 9 are provided with alining apertures 16 which are adapted to be engaged by corresponding projections 17 provided on the corset steel 8. That is to say, the projections 17 on the corset steel 8 are spaced similar to the extensions 9 on the corset steel 7 and, therefore, each extension on the corresponding projection forms a unit of a locking device.

. The sliding member 13 is provided with a slot 18, one end 19 of which slot is enlarged and adapted to register with the aperture 16 of the extension 9 (see Figs. 3 and 5). The sliding member 13 is adapted to engage the slot 20 provided in the projection 17 when said sliding member is moved from the position shown in Fig. '3 to the position shown in Fig. 2, that is, when the unenlarged section of the slot 18 engages the projection 17, the engagement between the slot of the pin and the sliding member 13 being best shown in Fig. 4. When the sliding member 13 is in position shown in Figs. 3, 5 or 6, the projection 17 can be easily inserted into the extension 9 or removed there. from.

The side 12 of the extension 9 is provided with a recess 22 into which projects a pin 23 carried by the sliding member 13. A

resilient member 21 carried by the side 12.

v to; gravity.

12 of the extension 9 is exteriorly closed by a member secured to the side 12 by the same rivets 10 which secure the extension to the corset steel 7, or by any other suitable means.

As shown in Fig. 1, the steels 7 and 8 are covered, as is customary, with the material of which the corset is made, so that the rivets 10 by which the extensions 9 are secured to'the' corset steel 7 are necessarily covered thereby. and are not in the way of the locking means. The head of the pin 14: projects very little above the side 11 of the extension, and the accidental displacement of the same. is reduced thereby to a minimum. Eurthermore, the resilient member 21 tends to maintain it in locked position, in addition But when said sliding member is-placed in unlocked position, the resilient member maintains it in said position, as previously stated, and thus facilitates a quick removal of the corset Without any interference between the locking parts carried by. the corset steel, as generally occurs between the locking means of corsets in use at present.

H'aving thus described my invention, I claim asfnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a corset lock, a steel; a U-shaped member secured by its extremities to said steel and forming a lateral extension therefrom; a second steel; a projection on said steel, said U-shaped member having alining apertures in the sides thereof adapted to receive said projections; a member mounted to slide between the sides of said U member; means for guiding said member in said U-shaped member, said sliding member having a slot adapted to engage said projection when said projection engages the U-shaped member, whereby the two steels are secured to each other, said U-shaped member having a recess in one of the sides thereof; a pin on said sliding member projecting into said recess; a resilient member in said recess engaging said sliding member and tending to, force the said sliding member into the U-shaped member, said resilient member having a notch at the free end thereof Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

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